May on the Criterion Channel will be good to the auteurs. In fact they’re giving Richard Linklater better treatment than the distributor of his last film, with a 13-title retrospective mixing usual suspects—the Before trilogy, Boyhood, Slacker—with some truly off the beaten track. There’s a few shorts I haven’t seen but most intriguing is Heads I Win/Tails You Lose, the only available description of which calls it a four-hour (!) piece “edited together by Richard Linklater in 1991 from film countdowns and tail leaders from films submitted to the Austin Film Society in Austin, Texas from 1987 to 1990. It is Linklater’s tribute to the film countdown, used by many projectionists over the years to cue one reel of film after another when switching to another reel on another projector during projection.” Pair that with 2008’s Inning by Inning: A Portrait of a Coach and your completionism will be on-track.
- 4/21/2022
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Academy invitee Eddie Redmayne in 'The Theory of Everything.' Academy invites 322 new members: 'More diverse and inclusive list of filmmakers and artists than ever before' The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has offered membership to 322 individuals "who have distinguished themselves by their contributions to theatrical motion pictures." According to the Academy's press release, "those who accept the invitations will be the only additions to the Academy's membership in 2015." In case all 322 potential new members say an enthusiastic Yes, that means an injection of new blood representing about 5 percent of the Academy's current membership. In the words of Academy President Cheryl Boone Isaacs (as quoted in the press release), in 2015 "our branches have recognized a more diverse and inclusive list of filmmakers and artists than ever before, and we look forward to adding their creativity, ideas and experience to our organization." In recent years, the Academy membership has...
- 7/1/2015
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this week that the Los Angeles City Council, in a unanimous vote, approved plans for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Construction will begin this summer, and ceremonial groundbreaking festivities will occur this fall.
“I am thrilled that Los Angeles is gaining another architectural and cultural icon,” said Mayor Eric Garcetti. “My office of economic development has worked directly with the museum’s development team to ensure that the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will create jobs, support tourism, and pay homage to the industry that helped define our identity as the creative capital of the world.”
“We are grateful to our incredible community of supporters who have helped make this museum a reality,” said Dawn Hudson, the Academy’s CEO. “Building this museum has been an Academy...
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced this week that the Los Angeles City Council, in a unanimous vote, approved plans for the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures. Construction will begin this summer, and ceremonial groundbreaking festivities will occur this fall.
“I am thrilled that Los Angeles is gaining another architectural and cultural icon,” said Mayor Eric Garcetti. “My office of economic development has worked directly with the museum’s development team to ensure that the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures will create jobs, support tourism, and pay homage to the industry that helped define our identity as the creative capital of the world.”
“We are grateful to our incredible community of supporters who have helped make this museum a reality,” said Dawn Hudson, the Academy’s CEO. “Building this museum has been an Academy...
- 6/27/2015
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Strangely dropping a press release on a historic day where the nation's attention is elsewhere, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences revealed their annual list of new member invitees this morning. For those who criticize the makeup of the Academy there was some good news and the stark realization the organization still has a long way to go. The Academy has spent the last eight to 10 years attempting to diversify its membership and this year's class mostly reflects that. There are significantly more invitees of Asian and African-American descent, but the male to female disparity is still depressing. Out of the 25 potential new members of the Actor's Branch only seven are women. And, no, there isn't really an acceptable way for the Academy to spin that sad fact. Additionally, It's important to realize the 322 people noted in the release have only been invited to join Hollywood's most exclusive club.
- 6/26/2015
- by Gregory Ellwood
- Hitfix
SundanceNow Doc Club partners with the Human Rights Watch Film Festival (June 11-21) to present eight acclaimed documentaries, all focused on worldwide human issues, that subscribers can stream beginning today, June 10. You can access the program here. The VOD program include films from Oscar nominees and winners such as Werner Herzog, Laura Poitras and Kirby Dick. Here's the full list: 5 Broken Cameras Academy Award Nominee for Best Documentary, Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi’s critically-acclaimed 5 Broken Cameras is a deeply personal, first-hand account of life and non-violent resistance in Bil’in, a West Bank village surrounded by Israeli settlements. As the years pass in front of the camera of a Palestinian farmer, we witness his son grow from a newborn baby into a young boy who observes the world unfolding around him with the astute powers of perception that only children possess. Afghan Star In Afghanistan a group of brave...
- 6/10/2015
- by Ryan Lattanzio
- Thompson on Hollywood
East End Film Festival has unveiled its 2014 award winners, bringing 13th edition to a close.
White Shadow has won the Best Feature award at this year’s East End Film Festival (Eeff).
Noaz Deshe’s debut feature is set in Tanzania and, focusing on a young albino, is an exploration of folk religion.
The film was chosen by a jury comprising of Eeff’s director-in-residence Sebastian Hofmann, Screen International chief film critic Mark Adams, BFI director of partnerships Eddie Berg, English photographer and video artist Gillian Wearing and screenwriter Peter Straughan.
Deshe will be invited to the festival in 2015 as director-in-residence.
In addition, Tom Berninger’s Mistaken for Strangers was named Best Documentary by a jury comprising British film-makers Iain Forsythe and Jane Pollard, director Emad Burnat, documentary film-maker Tristan Anderson and BBC Storyville’s Shanida Scotland.
The inaugural Accession Award, championing the art of cinematography, was judged by Barry Ackroyd and awarded to Jonathan Fairburn’s [link...
White Shadow has won the Best Feature award at this year’s East End Film Festival (Eeff).
Noaz Deshe’s debut feature is set in Tanzania and, focusing on a young albino, is an exploration of folk religion.
The film was chosen by a jury comprising of Eeff’s director-in-residence Sebastian Hofmann, Screen International chief film critic Mark Adams, BFI director of partnerships Eddie Berg, English photographer and video artist Gillian Wearing and screenwriter Peter Straughan.
Deshe will be invited to the festival in 2015 as director-in-residence.
In addition, Tom Berninger’s Mistaken for Strangers was named Best Documentary by a jury comprising British film-makers Iain Forsythe and Jane Pollard, director Emad Burnat, documentary film-maker Tristan Anderson and BBC Storyville’s Shanida Scotland.
The inaugural Accession Award, championing the art of cinematography, was judged by Barry Ackroyd and awarded to Jonathan Fairburn’s [link...
- 6/26/2014
- by ian.sandwell@screendaily.com (Ian Sandwell)
- ScreenDaily
Perhaps fittingly, Amir Amirani’s new documentary We Are Many characterises not only the notion of mass public protest, but the rise of the political documentary itself. In it, we travel back to 9/11, what many commentators have since referred to as The End of History regarding national security and privacy, which gave birth to a protest movement that has manifested itself in countless ways over the last thirteen years. Equally so it has given thousands of hours’ worth of material for filmmakers and activists to reach a bulk audience with.
The attacks on the Twin Towers were a prelude to the Iraq War, the main focus of Amirani’s film, and he invites academics (including perpetual talking head Noam Chomsky), as well as politicians from Clare Short to David Blunkett, to speak about the social, political and moral implications of the 2003 global protest against the decision to invade. It’s...
The attacks on the Twin Towers were a prelude to the Iraq War, the main focus of Amirani’s film, and he invites academics (including perpetual talking head Noam Chomsky), as well as politicians from Clare Short to David Blunkett, to speak about the social, political and moral implications of the 2003 global protest against the decision to invade. It’s...
- 6/6/2014
- by Andrew Latimer
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Mubi is excited and proud to announce a partnership with the Human Rights Watch Film Festival, whose London festival begins today and runs through March 28. To celebrate the 2014 festival, Mubi is mounting a retrospective of highlights from the festival's past. The following films—all shown at the Human Rights Watch Film Festival—will be given 30-day runs on Mubi in an extensive range of countries around the world beginning today.
Moloch Tropical (Raoul Peck, 2009)
The Red Chapel (Mads Brügger, 2009)
! Women Art Revolution (Lynn Hershmann-Leeson, 2010)
5 Broken Cameras (Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi, 2011)
Brother Number One (Annie Goldson, Peter Gilbert, 2011)
99% - The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film (Aaron Aites, Audrey Ewell, Nina Krstic, Lucian Read, 2013)
Alias Ruby Blade: A Story of Love and Revolution (Alex Meillier, 2013)
Tall as the Baobab Tree (Jeremy Teicher, 2013)
The festival will continue its on-the-ground events throughout the year, including its other central film festival in New York in June.
Moloch Tropical (Raoul Peck, 2009)
The Red Chapel (Mads Brügger, 2009)
! Women Art Revolution (Lynn Hershmann-Leeson, 2010)
5 Broken Cameras (Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi, 2011)
Brother Number One (Annie Goldson, Peter Gilbert, 2011)
99% - The Occupy Wall Street Collaborative Film (Aaron Aites, Audrey Ewell, Nina Krstic, Lucian Read, 2013)
Alias Ruby Blade: A Story of Love and Revolution (Alex Meillier, 2013)
Tall as the Baobab Tree (Jeremy Teicher, 2013)
The festival will continue its on-the-ground events throughout the year, including its other central film festival in New York in June.
- 3/18/2014
- by Notebook
- MUBI
Danish-Palestinian filmmaker Mahdi Fleifel is set to launch a crowd-funding campaign on Dubai-based platform Aflamnah this January to finance a 2015 Oscar race bid with his award-winning documentary A World Not Ours.
The documentary, a humorous account of life in the Ein el-Helweh refugee camp in southern Lebanon, has won a slew of awards since premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2012.
It is not eligible, however, for Oscar consideration because it has not been released in New York and Los Angeles as per the regulations of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
“The big question is, can a Palestinian film win an Oscar?” said Fleifel.
“My film has suffered a lot because people keep saying we’ve just had 5 Broken Cameras,” he continued, referring to Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi’s work which was Oscar short-listed last year.
“My film is the antithesis of that film. I really...
The documentary, a humorous account of life in the Ein el-Helweh refugee camp in southern Lebanon, has won a slew of awards since premiering at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2012.
It is not eligible, however, for Oscar consideration because it has not been released in New York and Los Angeles as per the regulations of the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences (AMPAS).
“The big question is, can a Palestinian film win an Oscar?” said Fleifel.
“My film has suffered a lot because people keep saying we’ve just had 5 Broken Cameras,” he continued, referring to Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi’s work which was Oscar short-listed last year.
“My film is the antithesis of that film. I really...
- 12/12/2013
- ScreenDaily
Sure, Sunday tends to be overcrowded with high-end TV, including "Breaking Bad," "The Newsroom," "Low Winter Sun," "Dexter," "Ray Donovan" and more, but what to watch the rest of the time? Every Monday, we bring you five noteworthy highlights from the other six days of the week. "Pov": "5 Broken Cameras" Monday, August 25 at 10pm on PBS Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi's Oscar-nominated documentary about protests in a West Bank village comes to PBS this week. Writing to Indiewire about the film, which offers a personal, small scale look at an aspect of the contested region, ahead of its Sundance Us premiere last year, Davidi explained "I think when watching a film that deals with such a painful controversy, people tend to shut down. Most people divide the world into right and wrong, good and bad, Palestinians and Israelis." "Nine for IX": "Branded" Tuesday, August 27 at 8pm on...
- 8/26/2013
- by Alison Willmore
- Indiewire
What: Screening of “5 Broken Cameras” at blueFROG in Mumbai
Organizers: White Crane Arts & Media Trust, in association with blueFROG & The Root Reel
Program: Special screenings from the 1st Dharamshala International Film Festival (held in November, 2012) on the 1st Sunday of every month until October.
5 Broken Cameras by Guy Davidi & Emad Burnat
Nominated for Academy Awards, 2013 in Best Documentary Feature category
Won Best Direction in World Cinema-Documentary category at Sundance Film Festival 2012
A documentary on a Palestinian farmer’s chronicle of his nonviolent resistance to the actions of the Israeli army.
Duration: 90 minutes
Venue: blueFROG, Mathuradas Mills Compound, Lower Parel, Mumbai
Date: Sunday, August 4, 2013
Time: 8 pm
Entry: Free/Open to all
Contact: 022 6158 6158...
Organizers: White Crane Arts & Media Trust, in association with blueFROG & The Root Reel
Program: Special screenings from the 1st Dharamshala International Film Festival (held in November, 2012) on the 1st Sunday of every month until October.
5 Broken Cameras by Guy Davidi & Emad Burnat
Nominated for Academy Awards, 2013 in Best Documentary Feature category
Won Best Direction in World Cinema-Documentary category at Sundance Film Festival 2012
A documentary on a Palestinian farmer’s chronicle of his nonviolent resistance to the actions of the Israeli army.
Duration: 90 minutes
Venue: blueFROG, Mathuradas Mills Compound, Lower Parel, Mumbai
Date: Sunday, August 4, 2013
Time: 8 pm
Entry: Free/Open to all
Contact: 022 6158 6158...
- 8/2/2013
- by NewsDesk
- DearCinema.com
David Koff's documentary Occupied Palestine caused a storm in the 1980s. What will today's audiences make of it? The film-maker relives a life of controversy
David Koff is remembering what happened at the premiere of his film Occupied Palestine in San Francisco in 1981. "There were probably 1,000 people in the audience," he recalls. "Ten minutes after the film started, there was an announcement: 'There's been a bomb threat – please evacuate the building.' The police and fire department were called. There was a remarkable atmosphere in the cinema when the film finally went ahead."
Koff, now 73, is an American documentary film-maker, writer, union organiser and activist. He grew up in California, graduated in political science from Stanford University, then worked in Sierra Leone, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania and London before returning to the Us. His documentary-making career has never lacked controversy. In the early 1970s, with the assistance of colleague Anthony Howarth...
David Koff is remembering what happened at the premiere of his film Occupied Palestine in San Francisco in 1981. "There were probably 1,000 people in the audience," he recalls. "Ten minutes after the film started, there was an announcement: 'There's been a bomb threat – please evacuate the building.' The police and fire department were called. There was a remarkable atmosphere in the cinema when the film finally went ahead."
Koff, now 73, is an American documentary film-maker, writer, union organiser and activist. He grew up in California, graduated in political science from Stanford University, then worked in Sierra Leone, Ghana, Kenya, Tanzania and London before returning to the Us. His documentary-making career has never lacked controversy. In the early 1970s, with the assistance of colleague Anthony Howarth...
- 5/1/2013
- by Duncan Campbell
- The Guardian - Film News
The winner of the 2012 Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature was Searching for Sugar Man, directed by Malik Bendjelloul and produced by Simon Chinn. Released in July 2012, it grossed $3,536,058 in box office sales. By year-end 2012, the other four finalists took in a total of $1,724,657. This breaks down as follows: The Gatekeepers, director Dror Moreh and produced by Philippa Kowarsky and Estelle Fialon ($1,418,694); How to Survive a Plague, directed by David France and produced by Howard Gertler ($132,055); 5 Broken Cameras, co-directed by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi ($101,940); and The Invisible War, directed by Kirby …...
- 3/25/2013
- by David Rosen
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Guy Davidi, the Israeli co-director of Oscar-nominated documentary "5 Broken Cameras" joined HuffPost Live Thursday to speak out against claims that he and his Palestinian co-director Emad Burnat should be charged with slander because their film was critical of the Israeli occupation.
Israeli nonprofit Consensus has petitioned the Attorney General claiming that Davidi and Burnat — whose film traces the story of Burnat and his village's nonviolent response as Israel's settlements expanded into Palestinian territories in the occupied West Bank — should be charged with slander and prosecuted for "incitement."
"The media in Israel is quite nourishing this story and supporting it," Davidi told HuffPost Live host Ahmed Shihab-Eldin Thursday. "Obviously Israeli audiences are supporting this kind of lawsuit that will probably limit filmmakers in the future to create films that criticize the Israeli occupation."
Israel's outgoing Culture and Sports Minister Limor Livnat encouraged Israeli filmmakers to practice "self-censorship" and noted that she...
Israeli nonprofit Consensus has petitioned the Attorney General claiming that Davidi and Burnat — whose film traces the story of Burnat and his village's nonviolent response as Israel's settlements expanded into Palestinian territories in the occupied West Bank — should be charged with slander and prosecuted for "incitement."
"The media in Israel is quite nourishing this story and supporting it," Davidi told HuffPost Live host Ahmed Shihab-Eldin Thursday. "Obviously Israeli audiences are supporting this kind of lawsuit that will probably limit filmmakers in the future to create films that criticize the Israeli occupation."
Israel's outgoing Culture and Sports Minister Limor Livnat encouraged Israeli filmmakers to practice "self-censorship" and noted that she...
- 3/14/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Michael Moore and Palestinian director Emad Burnat are hitting back at a recent BuzzFeed story that questioned their accounts of an incident with U.S. Customs and Border Protection last week at Los Angeles International Airport. Last week, Burnat, the Oscar-nominated director of "5 Broken Cameras," said he was detained by officials and threatened with deportation when he could not produce proof that he had been invited to the Academy Awards. Moore said he intervened on Burnat's behalf and enlisted lawyers from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences to help...
- 2/27/2013
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
The war between Michael Moore and Buzzfeed continued on Tuesday.
Moore angrily pushed back at the website after it published an article on Monday night that accused him of overhyping the Los Angeles airport detention of Emad Burnat, the Oscar-nominated Palestinian filmmaker.
Moore accused BuzzFeed of lying about the circumstances and of being "snookered" by the anonymous Lax official who told the site that Burnat was merely asked to provide routine documentation and was quickly released — a far cry from what Burnat said were threats that he would be deported back to Palestine. The initial headline on the BuzzFeed piece also wondered if the whole thing had just been a "publicity stunt."
Other media figures pilloried BuzzFeed, and the site did issue a correction about the number of sources it had for the allegations. Later on Tuesday, though, things took another twist, when BuzzFeed posted a second story about Burnat's detention.
Moore angrily pushed back at the website after it published an article on Monday night that accused him of overhyping the Los Angeles airport detention of Emad Burnat, the Oscar-nominated Palestinian filmmaker.
Moore accused BuzzFeed of lying about the circumstances and of being "snookered" by the anonymous Lax official who told the site that Burnat was merely asked to provide routine documentation and was quickly released — a far cry from what Burnat said were threats that he would be deported back to Palestine. The initial headline on the BuzzFeed piece also wondered if the whole thing had just been a "publicity stunt."
Other media figures pilloried BuzzFeed, and the site did issue a correction about the number of sources it had for the allegations. Later on Tuesday, though, things took another twist, when BuzzFeed posted a second story about Burnat's detention.
- 2/27/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Less than a week after taking to Twitter to rage over an immigration snafu at Lax involving an Oscar nominee from Palestine, Michael Moore has returned to defend his dramatic account of the customs battle. This time, his ire is concentrated on a Buzzfeed report that threw his story into question. On Feb. 20, Moore used a long series of tweets to explain the temporary detention of 5 Broken Cameras co-director Emad Burnat, whom Moore said was taken aside by Tsa for questioning upon his flight's arrival in Los Angeles. Immigration officials asked Burnat for his ticket to
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- 2/26/2013
- by Jordan Zakarin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Michael Moore got into a heated debate with BuzzFeed Monday night, after the website accused him of overhyping the recent detention of a Palestinian filmmaker at the Los Angeles airport.
Emad Burnat, who was nominated for an Oscar for his documentary "5 Broken Cameras," said on Tuesday that he had been held at Lax for 90 minutes after customs officials said he did not have the right papers to enter the country. Moore, who became involved in getting Burnat released, wrote a series of tweets saying that Lax staff told Burnat he did not have proof that he was going to the Oscars, even after the director showed his invitation. "Apparently the Immigration & Customs officers couldn't understand how a Palestinian could be an Oscar nominee," he tweeted.
Burnat also appeared on HuffPostLive to talk about his detention.
Five days later, BuzzFeed's Tessa Stuart wrote a story taking issue with Moore and Burnat's version of events,...
Emad Burnat, who was nominated for an Oscar for his documentary "5 Broken Cameras," said on Tuesday that he had been held at Lax for 90 minutes after customs officials said he did not have the right papers to enter the country. Moore, who became involved in getting Burnat released, wrote a series of tweets saying that Lax staff told Burnat he did not have proof that he was going to the Oscars, even after the director showed his invitation. "Apparently the Immigration & Customs officers couldn't understand how a Palestinian could be an Oscar nominee," he tweeted.
Burnat also appeared on HuffPostLive to talk about his detention.
Five days later, BuzzFeed's Tessa Stuart wrote a story taking issue with Moore and Burnat's version of events,...
- 2/26/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Emad Burnat, the Palestinian director who was detained at Los Angeles International Airport last week on his way to Los Angeles to attend the Academy Awards, didn't pick up an Oscar on Sunday night.
Burnat is co-director on the documentary "5 Broken Cameras." The film lost Best Documentary Feature "Searching for Sugar Man," a film about the search for Sixto Rodriguez, a failed singer-songwriter from the 1970s who was an unexpected hit in South Africa.
The director made waves when he was held up by security at Lax on Feb. 19. Burnat contacted Oscar-winning director Michael Moore to help him get into the country. Below, read Moore's series of tweets about the incident:
Burnat himself released a statement about the detention:
Last night, on my way from Turkey to Los Angeles, CA, my family and I were held at Us immigration for about an hour and questioned about the purpose of my visit to the United States.
Burnat is co-director on the documentary "5 Broken Cameras." The film lost Best Documentary Feature "Searching for Sugar Man," a film about the search for Sixto Rodriguez, a failed singer-songwriter from the 1970s who was an unexpected hit in South Africa.
The director made waves when he was held up by security at Lax on Feb. 19. Burnat contacted Oscar-winning director Michael Moore to help him get into the country. Below, read Moore's series of tweets about the incident:
Burnat himself released a statement about the detention:
Last night, on my way from Turkey to Los Angeles, CA, my family and I were held at Us immigration for about an hour and questioned about the purpose of my visit to the United States.
- 2/25/2013
- by Christopher Rosen
- Huffington Post
Tonight, Hollywood's biggest stars are at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood for the 2013 Oscar Awards, and Et is bringing you all of the winners as they are announced! (Winners underlined).
Click here for full Oscar coverage.
Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Alan Arkin, Argo
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Best Original Song
Before My Time, Chasing Ice
Pi's Lullaby, Life of Pi
Suddenly, Les Miserables
Everybody Needs a Best Friend, Ted
Skyfall, Skyfall
Best Supporting Actress
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Amy Adams, The Master
Best Animated Film
Frankenweenie
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph
ParaNorman
Brave
Best Foreign Language Film
Amour
No
War Witch
A Royal Affair
Kon-Tiki
Best Adapted Screenplay
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Argo
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Life of Pi
Best Original Screenplay
Flight
Zero Dark Thirty
[link...
Click here for full Oscar coverage.
Best Supporting Actor
Christoph Waltz, Django Unchained
Philip Seymour Hoffman, The Master
Robert De Niro, Silver Linings Playbook
Alan Arkin, Argo
Tommy Lee Jones, Lincoln
Best Original Song
Before My Time, Chasing Ice
Pi's Lullaby, Life of Pi
Suddenly, Les Miserables
Everybody Needs a Best Friend, Ted
Skyfall, Skyfall
Best Supporting Actress
Sally Field, Lincoln
Anne Hathaway, Les Miserables
Jacki Weaver, Silver Linings Playbook
Helen Hunt, The Sessions
Amy Adams, The Master
Best Animated Film
Frankenweenie
The Pirates! Band of Misfits
Wreck-It Ralph
ParaNorman
Brave
Best Foreign Language Film
Amour
No
War Witch
A Royal Affair
Kon-Tiki
Best Adapted Screenplay
Beasts of the Southern Wild
Argo
Lincoln
Silver Linings Playbook
Life of Pi
Best Original Screenplay
Flight
Zero Dark Thirty
[link...
- 2/25/2013
- Entertainment Tonight
Don’t blame Harun and Ali Mohammed if they are stifling yawns on the Oscar red carpet Sunday afternoon. The young Somali refugees, stars of the Oscar-nominated live-action short Asad, are scheduled to arrive in Lax at 1 p.m. Saturday following a long saga that involved 30 hours of travel from South Africa, days of waiting on U.S. visas and miles of bureaucratic red tape. Their arduous journey underscores the delicate behind-the-scenes politics involved in getting some Oscar nominees to Los Angeles. Earlier this week, Palestinian filmmaker Emad Burnat and his family were detained at
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- 2/22/2013
- by Rebecca Sun, Pamela McClintock
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
There is a buzz about Emad Burnat’s house on the morning we meet him. That afternoon, he would travel to Jordan, catch a flight to Istanbul, and then on to Los Angeles for the Oscars ceremony on Sunday where his film, 5 Broken Cameras, will be up for an award in the documentary category. All rather glamorous for a Palestinian farmer, you might say.
- 2/22/2013
- The Independent - Film
There is a buzz about Emad Burnat’s house on the morning we meet him. That afternoon, he would travel to Jordan, catch a flight to Istanbul, and then on to Los Angeles for the Oscars ceremony on Sunday where his film, 5 Broken Cameras, will be up for an award in the documentary category. All rather glamorous for a Palestinian farmer, you might say.
- 2/22/2013
- The Independent - Film
Are you sick of those ordinary Oscar office pools? Tired of only guessing the top 6 or 8 categories for the Academy Awards? Let your inner-movie geek shine with Bowl the Perfect Oscar Score (aka Oscar Bowling), created by Jeff Bayer.
Try to nail 300 points on the 2013 Academy Awards.
This is a confidence list.
There are 24 categories.
How to play
Pick your winners in all 24 categories. Then, give each winner a confidence score. Your most confident pick gets 24 points, second most confident gets 23 points, third most confident gets 22 points, and eventually your least confident pick gets 1 point.
This is perfect for Oscar parties, because the lead keeps changing. The winner is the one with the most points at the end. A perfect score is 300. If there is a tie (there never is a tie), then the winner is the one with the most points in these three categories combined (Best Picture, Best Actor,...
Try to nail 300 points on the 2013 Academy Awards.
This is a confidence list.
There are 24 categories.
How to play
Pick your winners in all 24 categories. Then, give each winner a confidence score. Your most confident pick gets 24 points, second most confident gets 23 points, third most confident gets 22 points, and eventually your least confident pick gets 1 point.
This is perfect for Oscar parties, because the lead keeps changing. The winner is the one with the most points at the end. A perfect score is 300. If there is a tie (there never is a tie), then the winner is the one with the most points in these three categories combined (Best Picture, Best Actor,...
- 2/22/2013
- by Nick Allen
- The Scorecard Review
Emad Burnat, the co-Director of Oscar nominated documentary 5 Broken Cameras, may not make it to the show this Sunday if his issues with Us Immigration don’t ease up.
The filmmaker’s detention took place late on Tuesday night when he arrived at Lax airport in preparation of this week’s Academy Awards Ceremony. But instead of being greeted like a celebrity Burnat and his family were instead detained for questioning along with his wife and eight year old son.
In a statement issued to the press Burnat spoke of his ordeal:
“Last night, on my way from Turkey to Los Angeles, CA, my family and I were held at Us immigration for about an hour and questioned about the purpose of my visit to the United States. Immigration officials asked for proof that I was nominated for an Academy Award for the documentary 5 Broken Cameras and they told me...
The filmmaker’s detention took place late on Tuesday night when he arrived at Lax airport in preparation of this week’s Academy Awards Ceremony. But instead of being greeted like a celebrity Burnat and his family were instead detained for questioning along with his wife and eight year old son.
In a statement issued to the press Burnat spoke of his ordeal:
“Last night, on my way from Turkey to Los Angeles, CA, my family and I were held at Us immigration for about an hour and questioned about the purpose of my visit to the United States. Immigration officials asked for proof that I was nominated for an Academy Award for the documentary 5 Broken Cameras and they told me...
- 2/22/2013
- by Matt Aspin
- Obsessed with Film
Films from each side of the settlement walls have broached the conflict at the Oscars, despite a detained director
The Academy Awards ceremony will make history this year with the first ever nomination of a feature documentary made by a Palestinian. 5 Broken Cameras was filmed and directed by Emad Burnat, a resident of the occupied Palestinian West Bank town of Bil'in, along with his Israeli filmmaking partner Guy Davidi.
What does a Palestinian farmer wear on the red carpet in Hollywood? We were almost prevented from knowing, as Burnat, his wife and 8-year-old son were detained at Los Angeles International Airport and threatened with deportation. Despite his formal invitation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as an Oscar-nominated filmmaker, it took the intervention of Oscar-winning documentarian Michael Moore, who now sits on the Academy Board of Governors, followed by Academy attorneys, for Burnat and his family to gain entry into the country.
The Academy Awards ceremony will make history this year with the first ever nomination of a feature documentary made by a Palestinian. 5 Broken Cameras was filmed and directed by Emad Burnat, a resident of the occupied Palestinian West Bank town of Bil'in, along with his Israeli filmmaking partner Guy Davidi.
What does a Palestinian farmer wear on the red carpet in Hollywood? We were almost prevented from knowing, as Burnat, his wife and 8-year-old son were detained at Los Angeles International Airport and threatened with deportation. Despite his formal invitation from the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences as an Oscar-nominated filmmaker, it took the intervention of Oscar-winning documentarian Michael Moore, who now sits on the Academy Board of Governors, followed by Academy attorneys, for Burnat and his family to gain entry into the country.
- 2/22/2013
- by Amy Goodman
- The Guardian - Film News
Two days after being detained by security at Los Angeles International Airport, Oscar-nominated filmmaker Emad Burnat spoke of his experience as being similar to what he faced at home in Palestine. "What's happened to me in the Los Angeles airport reminds me of where I live and where I come from, because I get this treatment in my country [from] the Israeli army,” he said Thursday during an appearance on Current TV’s The Young Turks. Story: Oscar-Nominated Palestinian Filmmaker Detained at Lax, Michael Moore Intervenes His Oscar-nominated documentary, 5 Broken Cameras, was shot on small digital
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- 2/22/2013
- by Aaron Couch
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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- 2/22/2013
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
Are you sick of those ordinary Oscar office pools? Tired of only guessing the top 6 or 8 categories for the Academy Awards? Let your inner-movie geek shine with Bowl the Perfect Oscar Score (aka Oscar Bowling), created by Jeff Bayer.
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This is a confidence list.
There are 24 categories.
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Pick your winners in all 24 categories. Then, give each winner a confidence score. Your most confident pick gets 24 points, second most confident gets 23 points, third most confident gets 22 points, and eventually your least confident pick gets 1 point.
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Try to nail 300 points on the 2013 Academy Awards.
This is a confidence list.
There are 24 categories.
How to play
Pick your winners in all 24 categories. Then, give each winner a confidence score. Your most confident pick gets 24 points, second most confident gets 23 points, third most confident gets 22 points, and eventually your least confident pick gets 1 point.
This is perfect for Oscar parties, because the lead keeps changing. The winner is the one with the most points at the end. A perfect score is 300. If there is a tie (there never is a tie), then the winner is the one with the most points in these three categories combined (Best Picture, Best Actor,...
- 2/21/2013
- by Shane T. Nier
- The Scorecard Review
Burnat was detained by immigration authorities at Los Angles airport on Tuesday night The Palestinian farmer and co-director of Best Documentary Feature nominee 5 Broken Cameras, Emad Burnat, was detained for over one hour by U.S. immigration officials following his arrival at the Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday evening. Burnat had been expected at a dinner party in honor of those nominated in the Best Documentary Feature category. (Pictured above: Emad Burnat.) Instead of attending the dinner party, Burnat, his wife, and 8-year-old son, Gibreel, who plays a role in 5 Broken Cameras, remained stuck at Lax; all three of them were threatened with deportation in case the Burnat failed to show proof that he was indeed an Academy Award nominee. (A bizarre request, considering that Burnat's Oscar "qualifications" could be easily found on the Internet.) Filmmaker Michael Moore comes to the rescue Michael Moore, an Academy Award winner for the documentary Bowling for Columbine,...
- 2/21/2013
- by Anna Robinson
- Alt Film Guide
Oscar-nominated Palestinian filmmaker detained at Los Angeles airport: "Emad Burnat, whose '5 Broken Cameras' is competing for an Oscar in the Best Documentary Feature category, said U.S. immigration officials took him, his wife and 8-year-old son aside when they arrived in Los Angeles from Turkey on Tuesday evening. 'Immigration officials asked for proof that I was nominated for an Academy Award ... and they told me that if I couldn't prove the reason for my visit, my wife Soraya, my son Gibreel and I would be sent back to Turkey on the same day,' Burnat said in a statement." Reuters -Addprediction:85:25:Click to predict Documentary Feature:addprediction- Tariq Khan offers Seth MacFarlane 10 free jokes for Oscar night. Fox News MacFarlane and Kristin Chenoweth will close the Oscar show with a musical number. USA Today Writer-director Brian Reiss reveals how disco really saved the Iranian hostages in "Argogo." YouTube M.
- 2/21/2013
- Gold Derby
Update: Emad Burnat, co-director of "5 Broken Cameras," has issued a statement about his and his family's detention at Lax en route to the Oscars: "Last night, on my way from Turkey to Los Angeles, CA, my family and I were held at Us immigration for about an hour and questioned about the purpose of my visit to the United States. Immigration officials asked for proof that I was nominated for an Academy Award® for the documentary 5 Broken Cameras and they told me that if I couldn't prove the reason for my visit, my wife Soraya, my son Gibreel and I would be sent back to Turkey on the same day. "After 40 minutes of questions and answers, Gibreel asked me why we were still waiting in that small room. I simply told him the truth: 'Maybe we'll have to go back.' I could see his heart sink. "Although this was an unpleasant experience,...
- 2/21/2013
- by Anne Thompson
- Thompson on Hollywood
Are you sick of those ordinary Oscar office pools? Tired of only guessing the top 6 or 8 categories for the Academy Awards? Let your inner-movie geek shine with Bowl the Perfect Oscar Score (aka Oscar Bowling).
Try to nail 300 points on the 2013 Academy Awards.
This is a confidence list.
There are 24 categories.
How to play
Pick your winners in all 24 categories. Then, give each winner a confidence score. Your most confident pick gets 24 points, second most confident gets 23 points, third most confident gets 22 points, and eventually your least confident pick gets 1 point.
This is perfect for Oscar parties, because the lead keeps changing. The winner is the one with the most points at the end. A perfect score is 300. If there is a tie (there never is a tie), then the winner is the one with the most points in these three categories combined (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress).
You...
Try to nail 300 points on the 2013 Academy Awards.
This is a confidence list.
There are 24 categories.
How to play
Pick your winners in all 24 categories. Then, give each winner a confidence score. Your most confident pick gets 24 points, second most confident gets 23 points, third most confident gets 22 points, and eventually your least confident pick gets 1 point.
This is perfect for Oscar parties, because the lead keeps changing. The winner is the one with the most points at the end. A perfect score is 300. If there is a tie (there never is a tie), then the winner is the one with the most points in these three categories combined (Best Picture, Best Actor, Best Actress).
You...
- 2/21/2013
- by Jeff Bayer
- The Scorecard Review
On Wednesday evening, documentary Branch governor Michael Moore hosted the “Oscar Celebrates: Docs” event at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, CA. Moore won the 2002 Documentary Feature Oscar for “Bowling for Columbine” and also was nominated in 2007 for “Sicko.”
“Oscar Celebrates: Docs” spotlighted the work of the nominated filmmakers in the Documentary Short Subject and Documentary Feature categories. The program included clips from all of the nominated documentaries in both categories, and a panel discussion with filmmakers from each group.
Of this group of filmmakers, Moore said he was honored to be in the company of this international group making nonfiction cinema. He happily shared with the audience that all the voting members of the Academy voted in both documentary categories. “There were no groups or panels deciding the winners. The Academy sent all the voters these provocative, powerful and emotional films on DVD.”
Moore also touched on the 800lb gorilla in the room.
“Oscar Celebrates: Docs” spotlighted the work of the nominated filmmakers in the Documentary Short Subject and Documentary Feature categories. The program included clips from all of the nominated documentaries in both categories, and a panel discussion with filmmakers from each group.
Of this group of filmmakers, Moore said he was honored to be in the company of this international group making nonfiction cinema. He happily shared with the audience that all the voting members of the Academy voted in both documentary categories. “There were no groups or panels deciding the winners. The Academy sent all the voters these provocative, powerful and emotional films on DVD.”
Moore also touched on the 800lb gorilla in the room.
- 2/21/2013
- by Michelle McCue
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Filmmaker Michael Moore, who came to the defense of Palestinian "5 Broken Cameras" co-director Emad Burnat when he was detained at Lax earlier this week, said that Burnat's film has an excellent chance of winning a Best Documentary Feature Oscar this weekend.
"It has an excellent chance of winning because it's one of the best movies of the year," Moore told HuffPost Live host Ahmed Shihab-Eldin Wednesday. "Not just one of the best documentaries. '5 Broken Cameras' is one of the best movies of the year. And I know many, many people in the Academy who've seen it and were just amazed and moved by this film."
Watch: Emad Burnat Speaks Out: "It's Not Normal For A Human To Be Treated Like This"
"5 Broken Cameras" traces the story of Burnat, a Palestinian olive farmer, and his village's nonviolent response as Israel's settlements expanded into Palestinian territories in the occupied West Bank.
"It has an excellent chance of winning because it's one of the best movies of the year," Moore told HuffPost Live host Ahmed Shihab-Eldin Wednesday. "Not just one of the best documentaries. '5 Broken Cameras' is one of the best movies of the year. And I know many, many people in the Academy who've seen it and were just amazed and moved by this film."
Watch: Emad Burnat Speaks Out: "It's Not Normal For A Human To Be Treated Like This"
"5 Broken Cameras" traces the story of Burnat, a Palestinian olive farmer, and his village's nonviolent response as Israel's settlements expanded into Palestinian territories in the occupied West Bank.
- 2/21/2013
- by The Huffington Post
- Huffington Post
Sometimes the simplest ideas result in something touchingly profound. Sometimes the simplest films are the ones with the most complex impact. Here we have Emad Burnat, a Palestinian villager who bought a videocamera a few years ago to record the life of his newborn son, Gibreel, and found himself also drawn into documenting the subsequent years of protest by his village against the illegal encroachment of Israeli settlements in his West Bank district. With the help of (ahem, Israeli) filmmaker Guy Davidi, Burnat’s footage has become a film -- an Oscar-nominated one, for Best Documentary, at that -- that is a distressing portrait of everyday life in the West Bank, where kids’ birthday parties and street entertainers making villagers laugh and jovial workmen repaving the road are the same sort of ordinary events as Israeli soldiers arresting children, shooting apparently indiscriminately into peaceful demonstrations, and throwing tear-gas grenades like they’re confetti.
- 2/21/2013
- by MaryAnn Johanson
- www.flickfilosopher.com
U.S. Customs treated Oscar-nominated Palestinian director Emad Burnat like a National Threat last night at Lax -- putting him and his family in an isolated room and ordering him not to use his cell phone -- so says the director ... but law enforcement says he's exaggerating.You'll recall ... Burnat's friend Michael Moore flipped out while Burnat was detained at the airport, tweeting like mad about the injustices of U.S. Customs and Border Protection ... and today,...
- 2/21/2013
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Michael Moore said that Oscar-nominated Palestinian filmmaker Emad Burnat's ordeal with immigration officials on Tuesday demonstrates that the United States is overly strict when it comes to greeting foreign visitors, particularly people of color. "If he'd been a white guy he wouldn't have to go through that in our 'post-racial' America," Moore, the Oscar-winning director of "Bowling for Columbine," told TheWrap via email. Also read: Oscar-Nominated Palestinian Director Likens Being Held for Questioning at Lax to Israeli Occupation Burnat, whose film "5 Broken Cameras" is up for a Best Documentary Academy Award, was...
- 2/20/2013
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
Michael Moore and Emad Burnat, the Oscar-nominated director behind "5 Broken Cameras" who was detained by immigration officials at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday night, appeared on HuffPost Live on Wednesday to discuss the incident.
"It was strange for me last night when I arrived at the airport in Los Angeles, because I came to the United States this year six times. This is the first time that's happened to me," Burnat told HuffPost Live host Ahmed Shihab-Eldin. "They started asking me questions and taking pictures. They were asking me for documents and invitations. I told them I had the hotel reservation, I am the Oscar nominee and I came here for this purpose. I had the invitation in my iPhone and I had all documents on my iPhone. They told me, 'We don't care, we need more documents, we need papers, and if you don't give us documents we will send you back home.
"It was strange for me last night when I arrived at the airport in Los Angeles, because I came to the United States this year six times. This is the first time that's happened to me," Burnat told HuffPost Live host Ahmed Shihab-Eldin. "They started asking me questions and taking pictures. They were asking me for documents and invitations. I told them I had the hotel reservation, I am the Oscar nominee and I came here for this purpose. I had the invitation in my iPhone and I had all documents on my iPhone. They told me, 'We don't care, we need more documents, we need papers, and if you don't give us documents we will send you back home.
- 2/20/2013
- by Christopher Rosen
- Huffington Post
No, this wasn't a scene from Argo. But one Oscar nominee found himself held up at Lax. A friend of Michael Moore nominated for an Oscar after codirecting 5 Broken Cameras—the first Palestinian film ever to snag a Best Documentary nomination—was stopped for questioning at Los Angeles International Airport on Tuesday night. West Bank farmer-turned-filmmaker Emad Burnat and his family were held by immigration officials as they arrived in Los Angeles to attend Sunday's Academy Awards—this according to the Farhenheit 9/11 director and an Academy branch governor in a series of tweets early this morning. "Emad, his wife & 8-yr old son were placed in a holding area and told they...
- 2/20/2013
- E! Online
Emad Burnat, who made 5 Broken Cameras, said Us officials doubted his credentials and threatened to send him home
An Academy-nominated Palestinian film-maker has spoken of the "unpleasant experience" of being detained by Us immigration officials when he arrived for this weekend's Oscars ceremony.
Emad Burnat said that he was held for about an hour at Los Angeles airport on Tuesday, along with his wife and youngest son Gibreel, who plays a central role in Oscar-nominated documentary 5 Broken Cameras.
Burnat said that he thought that Us immigration officials – who apparently doubted his credentials – would send him back to Palestine. He compared the incident to daily life for Palestinians under the Israeli occupation.
"Immigration officials asked for proof that I was nominated for an Academy Award for 5 Broken Cameras, and they told me that if I couldn't prove the reason for my visit, my wife Soraya, my son Gibreel and I would...
An Academy-nominated Palestinian film-maker has spoken of the "unpleasant experience" of being detained by Us immigration officials when he arrived for this weekend's Oscars ceremony.
Emad Burnat said that he was held for about an hour at Los Angeles airport on Tuesday, along with his wife and youngest son Gibreel, who plays a central role in Oscar-nominated documentary 5 Broken Cameras.
Burnat said that he thought that Us immigration officials – who apparently doubted his credentials – would send him back to Palestine. He compared the incident to daily life for Palestinians under the Israeli occupation.
"Immigration officials asked for proof that I was nominated for an Academy Award for 5 Broken Cameras, and they told me that if I couldn't prove the reason for my visit, my wife Soraya, my son Gibreel and I would...
- 2/20/2013
- by Amanda Holpuch
- The Guardian - Film News
Michael Moore couldn’t save Flint, Michigan’s auto plants in the ’80s — but he did help to get Palestinian filmmaker Emad Burnat released from Lax’s detention room last night. Burnat is currently up for a Best Documentary Oscar for his film 5 Broken Cameras.
Burnat and his family arrived in Los Angeles last night in order to attend this week’s Academy Awards ceremony. But before they could exit the city’s main airport, they were “held at Us immigration for about an hour and questioned about the purpose of my visit to the United States,” Burnat said in a statement.
Burnat and his family arrived in Los Angeles last night in order to attend this week’s Academy Awards ceremony. But before they could exit the city’s main airport, they were “held at Us immigration for about an hour and questioned about the purpose of my visit to the United States,” Burnat said in a statement.
- 2/20/2013
- by Hillary Busis
- EW - Inside Movies
Last night, Emad Burnat, co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary 5 Broken Cameras, and his family were detained at Lax airport and threatened to be sent back home. According to Michael Moore, the Palestinian filmmaker was told that he didn’t have the proper invitation to the Academy Awards. Burnat then texted Moore, who in turn got in contact with the Academy. After 90 minutes, they were released and told they could stay in L.A. for a week. Read a full rundown of the events from Moore here and/or watch Burnat and Moore talk about it below.
- 2/20/2013
- by Jesse David Fox
- Vulture
Emad Burnat, the Oscar-nominated Palestinian director of "5 Broken Cameras," was held for questioning by immigration officials at Los Angeles International Airport (Lax) on Tuesday. It was an experience he likened to life under Israeli occupation in his native land. "Although this was an unpleasant experience, this is a daily occurrence for Palestinians, every single day, throughout he West Bank," Burnat said in a statement to TheWrap "There are more than 500 Israeli checkpoints, roadblocks, and other barriers to movement across our land, and not a single one of us has been...
- 2/20/2013
- by Brent Lang
- The Wrap
If you follow Michael Moore on Twitter, you’ll be aware that 5 Broken Cameras’ Palestinian director Emad Burnat was detained by immigration officers on his arrival at Lax airport. Burnat is in Los Angeles for Sunday’s Academy Awards, where the film he made with Israeli director Guy Davidi is nominated for Best Documentary. In response to this incident, Burnat just released the following statement through the film’s distributor, Kino Lorber: Last night, on my way from Turkey to Los Angeles, CA, my family and I were held at Us immigration for about an hour and questioned about the purpose of …...
- 2/20/2013
- by Nick Dawson
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Grisly photos of Christopher Dorner's burned up corpse are for sale. How did they get out ... and will someone actually publish the gruesome images?Plus, Kelly Clarkson versus legendary producer Clive Davis! She's calling Bs on Clive's claim that she was a big crybaby -- and everyone seems to be on Kelly's side.And, director Michael Moore jumped to his aid ... then Oscar nominee Emad Burnat came to our newsroom to talk about his claim that Customs agents detained him,...
- 2/20/2013
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
When Emad Burnat and his family were detained and almost deported by immigration officials upon his arrival in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, it marked just the latest hurdle in a bumpy, circuitous and altogether difficult years-long struggle. Burnat, a Palestinian filmmaker whose documentary, 5 Broken Cameras, is nominated for an Oscar on Sunday, ultimately was released from custody and told he could stay in America for the awards show. Awards, though, were never his goal; all he ever wanted to tell the world about his small village's struggle against encroaching Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Story: Michael
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- 2/20/2013
- by Jordan Zakarin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
The Oscars often lure folks across the seas from faraway worlds to the red carpet celebration, from Palestinian Emad Burnat ("5 Broken Cameras"), who was detained at Lax on his way to the Academy Awards show, to 16-year-old Rachel Mwanza, who gives a beautiful, devastating performance in Oscar-nominated foreign entry "War Witch." She has been granted a visa to travel from the Congo to the Us in order to attend both the Oscars and the Independent Spirit Awards. "War Witch" centers on pre-teen Komona (Mwanza) who is abducted by the local rebel army. When the army leaders realize that Komona can see ghosts of fallen soldiers, warning her of when and where the enemy will strike, she is exalted to War Witch status within the ranks. The film is a tale of escape and survival, but also a relatable story of adolescent first love. Congolese Mwanza was discovered on the streets...
- 2/20/2013
- by Beth Hanna
- Thompson on Hollywood
Michael Moore has claimed that a Palestinian Oscar nominee was detained at the airport by officials who did not believe he was genuinely invited to the ceremony.
Writing on his Twitter page, Moore alleged that Emad Burnat - who is nominated for his documentary 5 Broken Cameras - was held at Los Angeles airport with his family for over an hour.
"Emad Burnat, Palestinian director of Oscar nominated '5 Broken Cameras' was held tonight by immigration at Lax as he landed to attend Oscars," Moore wrote, adding: "Emad, his wife & 8-yr old son were placed in a holding area and told they didn't have the proper invitation on them to attend the Oscars."
Moore explained that Burnat had displayed his invitation to the ceremony but added: "That wasn't good enough & he was threatened with being sent back to Palestine.
"Apparently the Immigration & Customs officers couldn't understand how a Palestinian could be an Oscar nominee.
Writing on his Twitter page, Moore alleged that Emad Burnat - who is nominated for his documentary 5 Broken Cameras - was held at Los Angeles airport with his family for over an hour.
"Emad Burnat, Palestinian director of Oscar nominated '5 Broken Cameras' was held tonight by immigration at Lax as he landed to attend Oscars," Moore wrote, adding: "Emad, his wife & 8-yr old son were placed in a holding area and told they didn't have the proper invitation on them to attend the Oscars."
Moore explained that Burnat had displayed his invitation to the ceremony but added: "That wasn't good enough & he was threatened with being sent back to Palestine.
"Apparently the Immigration & Customs officers couldn't understand how a Palestinian could be an Oscar nominee.
- 2/20/2013
- Digital Spy
The first Palestinian documentary filmmaker nominated for an Academy Award, Emad Burnat on Tuesday narrowly avoided a mix up that could have barred him from attending the ceremony. Burnat, the co-director of the film 5 Broken Cameras, was detained along with his family by immigration officials after arriving at LAX, his representative confirmed to The Hollywood Reporter. He was released after questioning. Michael Moore, a governor of the Academy's documentary branch and a champion of Burnat's film, tweeted about the incident in detail late Tuesday.
"Emad, his wife & 8-yr old son were placed in a holding area and told they didn't have the proper invitation on them to attend the Oscars," he wrote.
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- 2/20/2013
- by Jordan Zakarin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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